We Anticipate That EA Decisions Will Be Released on Dec. 3

  David Graves      November 19th, 2010

In the late afternoon of December 3, UGA anticipates that we will make the Early Action decisions available on the myStatus page. We say anticipate in case something unforeseen causes a delay (power outage, the Board of Regents making a change, office closing due to a blowout win by UGA over GA Tech in football, […]

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October SAT Scores Are In!

  David Graves      October 29th, 2010

We received the October SAT scores late yesterday, and we were able to download them into our system this morning. We just updated the myStatus page about an hour ago to show any updated/new scores. We will be running checks next week for any applicants who submitted October SAT’s but there are differences between their […]

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Test Scores and Early Action

  David Graves      October 27th, 2010

As of today, we have 10,621 Early Action applicants, and just under 2,300 of them are still missing SAT/ACT (with writing) test scores. What this is telling me is that a number of you have waited to send in your test scores for the October SAT/ACT exams, even though UGA uses only the strongest subscores. […]

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Early Action, The Day After

  David Graves      October 18th, 2010

The Early Action deadline has come and gone, and we will spend the next two weeks matching up transcripts, test scores, recommendations, etc. Please be patient while we go through the mail, as we had five full bins this morning, and the postman said that he could not fit the rest in his truck so […]

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Deadline Day is Here!

  David Graves      October 15th, 2010

Yes, today is the deadline for Early Action Freshman applicants, and that means a huge volume of applications, mail, phone calls, and emails will be generated surrounding this date. As I have said before, do not panic is something is not showing up on your myStatus page yet, as we have thousands of documents that […]

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Early Action Suggestions

  David Graves      October 11th, 2010

We are coming up on the Early Action deadline, so here are a few suggestions as we approach this timeline: Even though the deadline is October 15, I do not suggest waiting until the last minute to submit your application. We do not hold it against you if you submit the application at 11:59 pm […]

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Freshman Application Data

  David Graves      September 21st, 2010

Now that we are a little over a month into the Freshman application cycle, I thought I would let you know how things are going so far in the process. As of today (9.21.2010), we have received approximately 3,000 Early Action applications.  Of those 3,000 or so applicants, just under 2,000 of them have submitted […]

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Revisiting the EA vs RD question

  David Graves      August 5th, 2010

I am re-posting a blog post from last August, as it is the time of year when all the questions start coming up concerning the Early Action (EA) vs Regular Decision (RD) process. So without further delay, here is an updated version of last year’s post! From now until October 15, one of the most […]

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Freshman Application Changes Part III

  David Graves      May 26th, 2010

In reviewing the UGA admissions process and the information that we ask for on the application, we started looking at Part I and Part II of the application more closely. While the separation into two parts has worked well for UGA (and for the applicants), we want to make sure we have enough information from […]

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Early Action Decisions are Out!

  David Graves      December 11th, 2009

The status check is now back and open for viewing, and the Early Action Decisions are now available to students! Good luck, I hope your weekend goes well, and remember, I can not comment/discuss on specific decisions on this blog. P.S. Please remember to follow my advice on EA Decisions and How to React. Go […]

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